Genre: TV Documentaries
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When I Rise (2010)
Cast: Barbara Smith Conrad, Harry Belafonte, Icy Simpson …
Directed by: Mat Hames
This powerful documentary chronicles the struggle for artistic acceptance by Barbara Smith Conrad, a black mezzo-soprano at the University of Texas, whose casting opposite a white male lead…
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Wyatt Earp: American Experience (2010)
Cast: Michael Murphy
Directed by: Rob Rapley
PBS's dynamic "American Experience" series explores the legend of lawman Wyatt Earp and reveals the complex man behind the myth. Despite his many portrayals on TV and film, Earp's…
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National Geographic: Camp Leatherneck (2010)
In a part of Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban prior to 2009, the U.S. Marines' Camp Leatherneck now serves as the base of operations for more than 10,000 U.S. soldiers charged with…
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Nature: Extraordinary Animals: Bears and Wolves (2010)
Cast: F. Murray Abraham
Directed by: Jonathan Keeling, Mike Dilger
Witness Yellowstone National Park's fiercest foes -- grizzly bears and wolves -- in their natural surroundings, and learn how these two predators use their physical prowess and cunning…
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Worse Than War (2010)
Cast: Daniel Goldhagen
Directed by: Mike DeWitt
Six decades after the Nazis systematically exterminated millions of Jews, Holocaust scholar Daniel Goldhagen returns to Europe to examine the roots of genocide and the reasons behind its…
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The Pluto Files: Nova (2010)
Cast: Terri Randall, Neil deGrasse Tyson
In this installment of "Nova," Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson (director of the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium) dishes out surprising facts about Pluto, the notorious…
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Ghosts of Machu Picchu: Nova (2010)
Delving deeper into the ancient mysteries of the Incas, this installment of "Nova" takes viewers to the famed archaeological ruins of Machu Picchu, a sacred Peruvian site that remains a…
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Lafayette: The Lost Hero (2010)
Cast: John Cullum, Patrick Bauchau, Mark Hilliard …
Directed by: Oren Jacoby
The marquis de Lafayette (Patrick Bauchau) was a French aristocrat turned distinguished American general and statesman, yet he is remembered mainly by way of the towns that bear his name.…
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National Geographic: Explorer: 25 Years (2010)
Cast: Lisa Ling
Celebrate "Explorer's" 25 years of compelling programming with this commemorative special that recaps such show highlights as an undersea expedition to the Titanic wreckage, a tour of…
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30 for 30: Run Ricky Run (2010)
Cast: Ricky Williams
Directed by: Sean Pamphilon, Royce Toni
Peek under the helmet of enigmatic pro football player Ricky Williams with this documentary that tackles the talented running back's tumultuous career, including his failed drug tests,…
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Starz Studios: Piranha 3D / Lottery Ticket / Nanny McPhee Returns (2010)
Starz Studios takes you behind the scenes of the hottest movies and gives you the latest Hollywood buzz. This episode features cast and crew interviews of Piranha 3D (starring Jerry…
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Modern Marvels: The Real National Treasure (2010)
Take a behind-the-scenes tour of the world's largest library with this documentary, which profiles the U.S. Library of Congress and its impressive collection of priceless treasures,…
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National Geographic: Inside the Milky Way (2010)
As they learn about important moments in the Milky Way's history, viewers will be astounded by all that exists 100,000 light-years away in this engrossing program that uses the latest…
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30 for 30: Little Big Men (2010)
Cast: Cody Webster, Bob Costas, Jim McKay …
Snatching a page of baseball glory, 12-year-old pitcher Cody Webster and his teammates from Kirkland, Wash., created a sensation in 1982 by winning the Little League World Series over a…
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William Kentridge: Anything is Possible (2010)
Cast: William Ketridge
Directed by: Susan Sollins, Charles Atlas
This captivating documentary enters the studio of renowned South African artist William Kentridge, who uses drawings, puppets, animation and sculpture to create striking large-scale…
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Quest for Solomon's Mines: Nova (2010)
In 2010, researchers sponsored by PBS and National Geographic launched two new investigations to establish once and for all whether King Solomon and his riches are the stuff of myth or…
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Nature: Revealing the Leopard (2010)
Cast: Jim Conrad
Directed by: Mark Fletcher
The leopard is cunning and deadly, the most wide-ranging land predator of its size -- yet among the least visible. This episode of the PBS series assembles a fascinating psychological…
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30 for 30: Tim Richmond: To The Limit (2010)
Cast: Tim Richmond
Directed by: Rory Karpf
Outrageous and fearless on the track, racecar driver Tim Richmond tore up the NASCAR circuit in the 1980s. But his career came to an abrupt end when he was diagnosed with AIDS in 1986. This…
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Frontline: Facing Death (2010)
Cast: Will Lyman
Directed by: Miri Navasky, Karen O'Connor
This powerful installment of the long-running PBS series takes a look at the complex -- and often agonizing -- end-of-life decisions that must be made by physicians, those facing the prospect…
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Top Secret Rosies: The Female Computers of World War II (2010)
Directed by: LeAnn Erickson
Looking back on a little-known part of the war effort that recruited female mathematicians to work as "computers" for the U.S. Army during World War II, this eye-opening documentary sheds…
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Secrets Beneath the Ice: Nova (2010)
Cast: Lance Lewman
Directed by: Kirk Wolfinger, Gary Hochman
This subzero installment of "Nova" follows a crew of scientists drilling deep into the Antarctic seafloor to mine clues about the region's past, all in hopes that it will provide answers…
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Mystery of the Hope Diamond (2010)
Cast: Kim Bassinger
This fascinating Smithsonian Channel documentary traces the complicated history of the Hope Diamond and its owners -- among them, King Louis XIV of France and financier Henry Philip Hope, for…
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Stan Lee's Superhumans (2010)
Cast: Stan Lee, Daniel Browning Smith
Co-hosted by comic book icon Stan Lee and the oddly gifted Daniel Browning Smith -- one of the world's most pliable men -- this History Channel series spotlights an ever-changing lineup…
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CNBC Originals: Price of Admission: America's College Debt Crisis (2010)
Cast: Scott Cohn
CNBC goes inside a debt crisis that affects millions of Americans, and investigates a system that encourages widespread borrowing, leaving the average college graduate with tens of thousands…
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CNBC Titans: Merv Griffin (2010)
Cast: Merv Griffin
If the moniker of Mr. Hollywood could be applied to anyone, it would be Merv Griffin. A pioneering singer, talk show host and media mogul, Griffin was a true iconoclast who created some of…